The regiment remained in the vicinity of Pittsburg Landing until about the 1st of May, when it moved forward towards Corinth and took part in the investment of that place. It was in the First Brigade, of which General McArthur took command on the 24th of May, in the Sixth Division. On the 29th, the enemy evacuated Corinth, and the forces of General Halleck entered and took possession. On the 6th of June, the regiment went into camp a short distance south of the town, where it remained stationed in the fortifications until the 17th of September, when the division, forming part of the left wing of the Army of the Tennessee, under General Ord, marched by a circuitous route to cooperate with the forces of General Rosecrans in an attack on the rebel General Price, who was then in force at Iuka. General Hamilton’s division, however, encountered the rebel General on the 19th., and after a hard day’s fight, completely routed him before the forces of General Ord could reach the town, which they entered the day after the battle. Here rumors were prevalent that the rebels were advancing on Corinth, and the left wing was immediately put in motion, and by a forced march, reached that place next day.

General Price, after the battle of Iuka, by a rapid movement, succeeded in forming a junction with General Van Dorn at Ripley. With a large force, these two Generals advanced to the attack on Corinth by the Chewalla road. The greater portion of General Grant’s army was at Bolivar, and the force at Corinth was greatly inferior to that of the rebels. The Fourteenth and Eighteenth Wisconsin, with Oliver’s brigade, was sent out on the 1st of October, to near Chewalla. The enemy was found advancing in force, and the brigade slowly retired to within four miles of Corinth. Here it formed line of battle two miles in advance of our works. On the night of the 2d, the Sixteenth, under Major Reynolds, who was in command, (Colonel Allen being in command of the brigade,) marched out to the same line. In the morning, Companies B and C acting as skirmishers, engaged the rebel skirmishers and drove them back. The enemy advanced in line of battle, and opened a heavy fire of artillery which compelled the Union force to fall back to a position within half a mile of the works. The regiments on the left, found it impossible to stand against the overwhelming force which the rebels displayed, and after holding the ground a short time, the division of General McArthur withdrew within the works, where they remained until the enemy were turning the right flank, when another line was formed still nearer the town. About five o’clock in the afternoon still another retreat was ordered, and the left wing fell back behind the new line of works, nearest the town. here the enemy ceased to molest them for the night. On the next day, the Sixteenth, with the division, took a position near the Seminary and aided in repulsing the several charges made by the enemy, although not greatly exposed. After a terrible contest all the morning, the rebels were repulsed at all points, and at midnight, the division of General McArthur started in pursuit. A part of the Sixteenth was kept in front as skirmishers under Captain Hovey. The pursuit continued to Ripley, where it was abandoned and the troops returned to Corinth, having occupied a week in going to Ripley and returning. The regiment was under command of Major Reynolds, assisted by the able Adjutant of tha regiment, Lieutenant Sabin, and Captain Osborn, acting as Major.

The casualties in the Sixteenth, we find in the records of the Adjutant General’s office, and the list of wounded is as reported:



KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS.— Company B— Private John Rouser. Company C— Sergeant David Hewes and Privates Robert D. Roberts and George C. Swinger. Company E—Corporal George K Sheldon and Private Ira Dimmick. Company F— First Lieut. Angus S. Northrop, Company I—Sergeant Edwin T. Winchester and Corporal William Tipping. Company K—Sergeant K D. Bradford—10.